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Smiling faces match the happy feet of Fold line dancers. Newcomers are welcome

communities and the like. If you like to dance, would like to line Band).
give back to your community by brightening up the lives of
others and are interested in making new friends and having During the 1980s and 1990s, line dances began being paired
fun, this new offering is for you. with popular country songs. One example is a dance made for
Billy Ray Cyrus’ 1992 smash hit Achy Breaky Heart. Even pop
History music began to see an uptick in line dances in the 1990s, with
The FOLD classes began in May 2014 as a fundraiser for the The Macarena serving as a crossover folk-pop dance tune.
local non-profit Dunn-Erwin Moose Lodge. Several members
wanted to learn mainstream line dances and approached Bris- Some new favorites include Broke (Teddy Swimms/Thomas
tow. She said yes, and eight years later has not stopped. The Rhett, Cowboy Boogie (Big Mucchi & Meechi, Salt, Lime &
class in Dunn is a perpetual fundraiser for the Dunn Moose Tequila (Ryan Griffin), and Soul (Lee Brice).
Lodge for $3 per person. The Tuesday night class is a per-
petual fundraiser for the Coats Area Chamber of Commerce So, what are you waiting for, Harnett County? With so many
at $5 per person. The Wednesday class is held for the Senior opportunities to line dance, it sounds like it’s time to get in the
Citizens at the Coats Senior Citizens Center and is free and FOLD and just dance.
open to senior citizens.

Popular line dances
Basic line dances focus on movements of the legs and feet,
with more advanced dances including the arms and hands.
Line dances are made up of a certain number of steps, with
each step identified by a catchy name. The Texas Two- Step,
the West Coast Shuffle and the Redneck Girl are all well-
known line dances still performed today. Although many
popular line dances are set to country music, the first line
dances did not originate from country-western dancing and
are thought to have origins in folk and contra dancing.

According to Bristow, certain old standards will never die. See
if you recognize any of these dances or the artists whose songs
made them famous: The Electric Slide (Marcia Griffiths); Wa-
termelon Crawl (Tracy Byrd); Boot Scootin’ Boogie (Brooks
& Dunn); Good Time (Alan Jackson); The Wobble (V.I.C);
Cha Cha Slide (Casper), Cupid Shuffle (Cupid); Biker’s Shuf-
fle (Big Mucchi); or the Tush-Push (Jim Quick and the Coast- Line dancing is enjoyed by women and men alike